Ben Simmons perfectly answers if Sixers have rivalry with Celtics

Ben Simmons perfectly answers if Sixers have rivalry with Celtics

For Ben Simmons, the rivalry between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics goes beyond what most see on the surface. Sure, the two teams are rivals and will be the foreseeable future, but in his eyes, it’s the Sixers against everybody.

While speaking with the media one day ahead of the team’s regular-season opener against the Celtics, Simmons was asked about the budding rivalry. And as Tom Moore of the Bucks County Courier Times revealed, the 22-year-old sees every single NBA team in that fashion.

Ben Simmons earlier on if he thinks the #Sixers have a rivalry with the #Celtics: 'A rivarly for me is anybody that's not a Sixer,'

It’s hard not to like the mindset of the 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year, even if we all know that the Sixers and Celtics are one of the most intriguing rivalries in the league.

Unfortunately, Boston currently holds the edge after knocking Philly out of the playoffs last season. While a win on opening night at the TD Garden wouldn’t completely even things up, it’d at least give the Sixers early bragging rights over arguably their toughest competition in the Eastern Conference.